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Anglo-Saxon

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fóre-sændan

(v.)

to send before

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to send before, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 41, MS. D

gearuwe

(n.)
Grammar
gearuwe, an; f.

Yarrowmillefŏlium

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Yarrow; millefŏlium Seó reáde gearuwe the red yarrow, Lchdm. iii. 24, 2

lagu-mearh

(n.)
Grammar
lagu-mearh, -mearg; m.

A sea-steedship

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A sea-steed, ship,Exon. 52 a; Th. 182, 7; Gú. 1306

be-siwian

(v.)
Grammar
be-siwian, p. ede; pp. ed

To sew together, to joinjungere

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To sew together, to join; jungere Besiwed feðergeweorc opus plumarium Cot. 145

ge-hresp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hresp, es; n.
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See next word

Linked entry: -hresp

heofon-setl

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-setl, es; n.
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The heavenly dwelling In heofonsetle heán in sede polorum, Dóm. L. 276

horsc

Grammar
horsc, quick.
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D. iii. 456, 15, and see horsc foul

ofdúne-weardes

(adv.)
Grammar
ofdúne-weardes, adv.
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Downwards Underféng hine seó ýþ and teáh ofdúneweardes, Gr. D. 114, 33

scegþ

Grammar
scegþ, The word seems to be used of a boat of considerable size
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See note p. 128

sundorcræftiglíce

(adv.)
Grammar
sundorcræftiglíce, adv.
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See preceding word

þyle

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Add: See Vigfusson and Powell's Corpus Poeticum Boreale, vol. i. p. 24

un-geméde

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geméde, adj.
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Perhaps this word should be taken as a noun; see mád-mód

burg-strǽt

(n.)
Grammar
burg-strǽt, a
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town-road On eásthealfe seó burhstrǽt, C. D. B. iii. 15, 11

sælmerige

(n.)
Grammar
sælmerige, an; f.

Brine

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Brine Sælmerige (sæll-, sel-; -mærige) salsamentum, Ælf. Gr. 30; Zup.192, 18

Linked entry: selmerige

wǽg-deór

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-deór, es; n.

A sea-beast

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A sea-beast Wǽgdeóra gehwylc swelteþ, Exon. Th. 61, 2i; Cri. 988

á-seówan

(v.)
Grammar
á-seówan, -síwan, -seowian

to sewstitch

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to sew, stitch Mið néthle ásiówid (-síuuid) pictus acu, Txts. 87, 1591

dreórig

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Se deópa seáð dreórge fédeð, Cri. 1545. causing grief, cruel, horrid, grievous, of persons Spreceð grimlíce se gást tó þám duste: '. . . dreórega (dreórga, v. l. ), tó hwan drehtest þú mé?', Seel. 17.

wín-gál

(adj.)
Grammar
wín-gál, adj.

Flown with winewanton with wine

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Flown with wine, wanton with wine Onwóc wulf-heort, se ǽr wíngál swæf, Cd. Th. 223, 8; Dan. 116. Wlonc and wíngal "flown with insolence and wine," Exon. Th. 307, 25; Seef. 29 : 478, 2; Reim. 35

rihtend

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D. 119, 21. a director, one who arranges matters Sum wer wæs on þyssere byrig,.. . wæs séma and rihtend manigra manna, Gr. D. 297, 7

flówan

to pass awaybe transitoryto issueto flowto be floodedto flowto abound

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Ðæt of ðǽm innoðum á libbendu wætru fleówen, Past. 467, 30. to flow (opposed to to ebb) Seó sǽ symle feówer prican oððe fíf lator flówð. Ðonne se móna úp áríst, þonne ongiuð seó sǽtó flówanne, Angl. viii. 327, 27.